Flood in Luna County, New Mexico

Flood September 9, 2020 · Luna County, New Mexico

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Flooding resulted from earlier rainfall north of Interstate 10. I-10 was down to one lane due to water on the road near mile marker 68. Flooding also occurred along New Mexico 418 and some nearby backroads with some homes affected.

The wider storm

An extremely deep upper low was moving into the Four Corners region while a back door cold front moved into the region bringing record low temperatures to the Borderland. Southwest flow aloft combined with the cold front to bring severe thunderstorms on the afternoon and early evening of the 8th while prolonged lift over the stalled front around Luna county brought flooding rains during the first half of the day on the 9th.

Began near Gage (32.2333, -107.9945).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 920706. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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